Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-10
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
representative Breckeuridge.s Views
ON Various Current Topics.

III. RESULT OF THE HovEnBKR ELRCrIoNs-PRAfsE
FOR PRESIDENT cLEvELAND-THE QUESTION OF
IARIFF REpUCTIoN-wHAT WILL BE DONE AT THE
COMING SESSION OF CONGRESS.
A STAR reporter met Representative Breckenridge,
OF Kentucky, this morning and had long talk with
him about general matters political he arrived
In Washington night before last and will return 70
Kentucky this evening. He said, speaking OF Con.
gressional action this winter: "I think there Will
be reduction OF the revenue this winter, and
hope ard believe that IL Will be not
only reduction Of the surplus, but a
reduction also OF the burdens Of taxation.
think that events have so shaped themselves
ter and resist motion to go into committee Of the
wnole for the purpose OF agreeing upon q bill
FOR the reduction OF the revenue. No man will
think It will be agreed that whether the bill pre-
sented be good or bad bill that they should
take Il up and trust to the intelligence OF the
House TO bring out a good act. Just what the re-
suit may he have no idea, but / think that
among republicans and denlocrats-men Of all
shades OF opinion--who think something should
be done, bin, meeting In some way the demands
OF the occasion, Will be passed and the revenue
Will be reduced without increasing the
have settled 1t that
NH. CLEVELAND WILL BE RENoMINATEp,
and 1t Is settled equally as WELL unless the Con-
gress goes radically wrong. that he will be re-
| elected. II is demonstrated that the democrats
have great strength where it will be OF most good
to them. The Results In Virginia, particularly, and
in Maryland, demonstrate that all this talk
about Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and
never for moment believed to be true-is with
out foundation, and that the democratic princi-
pies still have rrm hold upon the people-that
Wherever these principles have been the issue
the democrats have been successful In Ohio we
lost through other matters that were dragged into
the campaign. have always thought since the
war that the democracy must LOOK 10 the future
and
NOT TURN TO DEAD ISSUES.
Every man when speaking for himself as an in
dividual has right to speak as he feels on all
matters, but he has right to make his party re-
sponsbe for expressions with which they have
nothingto do Ii am speaking at the dedication OF
statue to some confederate hero express the
feenngS the occasion awakens in me; may dip
into the past. But on the stump, in politics.
think IL sign OF weakness TO dig up the past,
d, ad and buried. II is only q momentary advan-
tage That can be gained by such Thing, II any at
ali. There was One point In the New York CAM
palgn that struck me with great force. /
have not noticed, In all the vituperation
and personality, all the bitterness OF the Fellows
for being a confederate. They appear not to have
thought that point Of attack. 1t shows to me
that the people In great Intellectual center have
decided that that Is dead issue. In Ohio Mr..
Foraker drew temporary advantage from such
issues. We lost district in Rhode Island, but It
was mere accident that We ever held It, In New
Jersey we were beaten. II does not look well there
Tor us. do not know what brought it about.
am not familiar with the local affairs there. But
THE GENERAL RESULT
Is all that the democrats could desire. It Is de.
monstrated that New York is democratic State,
the victory, won as 1t was, against many disad-
vantages, over O compact and closely -united re-
publican party. Disagree with him as may tand
40 SOmetunes), Mr.. Cleveland Is a democrat, Iirm
In his convictions, and devoted to the fundamental
democratic principles. Men are sometimes demo-
Gratis or republicans by education, but II is the
instinct OF man that shows what ne is at heart.
All Mr.. Cleveands instincts are democratic; his
habits, mis- customs, and his mode or thought.
Some men who think themselves democrats are
not SO by instinct. When look upon
Mr.. CIEvELAND's COURSE
think OF q river that winds and turns at sharp
angles here and there, SO that you think 1t has
changed Its course but you ind 1t is bound on its
proper course and cannot be turned aside. All its
turns are but 10 bring II more surely to that point
Where II tends and which II should reach. The
farmer, the mechanic, the doctor, the lawyer, the
banker, the merchant, and every business man
knows that he can 20 on with his business with
out lear OF sudden cnange or revolution under MIR.
Cleveiand'S administration. lie knows that the
administration cannot be bought up by capital or
corpofatlon, and that n cannot be Influenced by
demagogues. He knows IL Is steady and safe. Men
may We eloquent, dull, foollsn, or wise, Dut The
foundation principles OF democracy Will remain
nrInly Implanted In the hearts OF the people, and
sucn an administration viii Deget CONFIDENCE